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As the title says I am looking for competitors to do R&D on a large SPL driver. For testing purposes only one driver will be available in either a 12, 15, or 18. This is a very large driver weighing about 105 pounds. Below is a comparison picture of the driver's coil next to a Ethos and FI BTL N3 coil. The coil is 95mm long 3 inch 8 layer dual one ohm coil with an Re of .9 ohms per coil. The coil produces a BL of 51.5 and a motor force factor of 1,484. I am looking for a seasoned competitor with a few years experience preferably someone that has attended nationals a few times. If you are interested send me a PM with your info.

As the title states Klippel results in a few weeks

Just excited to keep info following for the updates onbthe Ethos 18's

1st motor will be a 3inch four layer flat copper coil with 12mm of xmax 2nd motor will be a 3inch four layer flat copper coil with 20.25mm of xmax 3rd motor is a fairly large motor: top and bottom plates are 260mm OD and 50mm thick magnet is 270mm OD and 50 mm thick the first test coil will be 3inch eight layered flat alluminum coil 100mm long (gives around 35 xmax) my magnetics modeler was dead on compared to Klippel results on the Ethos so I can safely say that this motor will be around 34BL with a 1.75 Re giving a motor force factor of 660 All three of these samples will be coming along with the production run of the Ethos which I expect to be in for tax time. Magnetic…

All the video I've come across of my vehicle. Will upload as more come.

I was thinking navy blue or silver. What do you think?

What are the prices now that the presale is over?

ALL PRICING DOES NOT INCLUDE SHIPPING 15 inch Ethos drop in recone with centering ring for dust cap $73.95 12 inch Ethos drop in recone with centering ring for dust cap $TBA (expect to be a few bucks cheaper) 4 ounce CA glue plus 4 ounce accelerator for spider to basket and dust cap to cone joints (plenty to do two 15 inch recones) $24.95 4 ounce rubber glue for surround to basket joint (plenty for two recones) $14.95 No pics at the moment. Marky Mark will be using his skills in a few weeks to build a website and do a few professional shots of the recones and products for me.

Future products will have the option to monitor coil temperature in real time. This may be a desirable feature for people in comps running tons of power. Temperature sensing will be done with a tyke K thermocouple imbedded into the topplate a couple millimeters away from the coil. This can be used with any Type K thermometer.

The below are the Large Signal Parameters tested per a klippel analyzer performed by Patrick Turnmire with Redrock Acoustics. For those who do not know what large signal parameters are, they are Thiele Small Parameters of the driver with a large enough signal to excite the cone to normal operating conditions. These are used instead of typical small T/S parameters because they more accurately represent the driver. When the driver is under power at large excursions the parameters can shift a great deal making small signal parameters not an accurate representation of the true nature of the transducer. Later when I get time I will also post small signal parameters to comp…

The below warranty card will come with all product and will activate the three year warranty that will be available on all DSS product. I still have to set up a P.O. box, but mailing info will be added to the card before product starts to ship to customers. REAR OF CARD

My new fcebook is "Direct Speaker Supplies." Take a look spead the word.

I'm waiting on pricing on the current iteration of a 1,000 watt line with 20mm xmax. The parameters on the sub will be very similar to the Ethos and will use the same exact high quality softparts. Mounting on the 12 inch version will be 5 7/8 inches and due to the motor venting machined at 45 degree angles in the backplate no spacing will be required between the backplate and enclosure for ventilation. As long as pricing is right the below iteration will be available around August.